The movie has been universally panned by critics as a poor adaptation of the original novel and a feature-length advertisement for Amazon.

Among the most interesting storylines around a new movie’s release is how critics and fans feel right out of the gate. This is why the interest around early returns from sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic are always noteworthy.

Upon hearing the new War of the Worlds adaptation received a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, was your first thought, “I had no idea there was a new War of the Worlds movie coming out”? I thought so.